Fishing-reel.



PATENTED SEPT. 17, 19407.

J E. PFLUEGER. I

FISHING REEL. APiLIOATION FILED NOV. 2 1. 190s.

nnirnn STA'il j S IiiglENi-l? OFFICE.

JOSEPH E.- PFLUEGER, OF AKRON, OI-IIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE ENTERPRISE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF AKRON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

FISHING-REEL.

N 0. 866,060. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 17, 1907. Application filed November 21, 1906. Serial No. 344,483,

To all whom it may concern: vention consists of a sleeve portion 3 surrounding and Be it known that I, Josnrii E. PFLUEGER, a citizen loosely-movable thereon. From this sleeve portion 3 55 of the United States, residing at Akron, in the county extends a wing 4, to which is secured by suitable means, of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented new and such as rivets 5, a piece of leather or rubber 6 constitutuseful Improvements in Fishing-Reels, of which the ing the braking member. Near the transverse central following is a specification. portion of the pillar on which the brake is mounted is This invention has relation to fishing-reels, and the formed a recess of such configuration that the balance 60 object thereof is to provide a new and improved thumbof the pillar is provided with a fiat face constituting an brake therefor. abutment, indicated in the drawings by the reference Ilcretofore thumb-brakes have consisted of a piece of numeral 7 in Fig. 2, and a registering opening 8 is cut suitable material, such as leather or rubber, freely in the sleeve 3. mounted on one of the pillars of the reel, and which Carried by the wing 4 and the braking member 6 is 65 could be swung into position to be pressed by the a spring element 9 having a projecting portion arranged thumb of the fisherman against the body of line wound to enter the recess 7 and bear against the abutment on the drum portion of the reel, to produce a desired formed by the flat portion of the pillar left after'the retension on the outgoing line. The free mounting of the cess 7 has been formed. The action of the spring elebrakc, permits it when not in use, either to lie loosely ment 9 against the fiat face of the abutment formed by 70 on the line, or else swing downwardly into such a posithe recess i the illa 2 will er e to retain the entire tion that it could not be readily reached and brought brake iu the inoperative position indicated in the drawinto action at the critical moment when most needed; i b t thi ti f th ring lement will be so and hence, in order to remedy this difliculty and keep light that a light pre sure by th thumb of the operator the brake free from the liiie and in all inoperative posiill rv to for e it forward against the line on the 75 tion but ready for instant use, I so construct the same dr of th r l and th in tant th thumb is removed, that its normal position will be substantially tangential th brak will return to its normal or inoperative posito the body of line on the drum, that it is always ready ti Th b k a b w ng backwardly out of the to be operated by the fisherm way zit any time, this being permitted by the fact that With the foregoing and other Obi-Gets in View, the the spring 9 will ride over the cylindrical portion of the veiition consists in the novel construction, combination ill 1 d j t th h th l t 8 i the leeve 3. and arrangement of parts constituting the invention to I ill b Seen f h foregoing h thi d i f.

' 30 be hereinafter referred to and illustrated ill the accoinf d an unusually i l d ff ti means f Phhyihg drawings whichfol'lh a P of this specificastantly maintaining the brake accurately in position tion in which is shown the preferred embodiment of the f d th t th force exerted by the spring to -invention, but it is to be understood that changes, vai i h b k i inoperative i i ill i riations and modifications can be resorted to which i d t t f th usefulness th f 35 Come Within the Scope the chhlhs hereunto P- Experience has shown that where the brake is freely p mounted on the pillar, it almost invariably hangs down- In the drawings, in which similar reference numerals d d a n t be reached, quickly enough by the opindicate like parts in the different figures: Figure 1 is emtor to k it il bl a perspective of a fishing-reel with my improved 0 thumb-brake in position thereon; Fig. is a transand desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

verse, central section of the device shown in Fig.1, and l The combination in a provided with transversely 3 is a detail Showing the brake in the position when arranged pillars, one of which is provided with a notch, of swung downward out of operative position for engaging a brake consisting of a sleeve arranged to inclose said the line on the reel pillar, provided with an extended strip of material to bear on the line, and a spring arranged to enter said notch and maintain said brake normally tangential to the body of an ordinary fishing-reel of any approved construction; line Wound on Said reeL but as the general makeup or design of the reel is uniin- A thumb brake for fishing. reels, comprising a portant to the understanding of this invention, a de- OllllJlG sleeve provided with a wing, a braking member tailed description thereof is Omitted conpectted tllil'etO and moved lto Braking polsition by the an ica ion 0' nessui'e, a resi ien mem er aving a por- 50 The sldeplmes tholeei are muted 1n Oldmmy ti o n of its leng tli interposed between said wing and brakmanner by a plumhty of plums The plum nearing member, and an abutment adapted to be engaged by est to the operator is the one customarily employ the free end of said resilient member, thereby maintaining mounting the thumb-brake; and the brake in this in- Said braking member 111 its inoperative Position, Said I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim 45 In the drawings, the reference numeral 1 indicates Inounted braking member movable to brakingposition on the application of pressure, a resilient member-carried by said braking member and adapted to automatically return it to inoperative position when pressure is removed there from and to normally maintain said braking member in inoperative position, and an abutment for one end of said' resilient member.

,4. A thumb brake for fishing; reels, comprising a looselymounted braking member movable to braking position on the application of pressure, a resilient member carried by said braking member and adapted to automatically return it to inoperative position when pressure is removed therefrom and to normally maintain said braking member in inoperative position. I In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH E. IFLUEGER.

Witnesses C. E. HUMIIIREY, GLnNAu.-\ Fox. 

